ChurnZero vs. Totango

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ChurnZero
Score 9.6 out of 10
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ChurnZero is a Customer Success platform designed to help subscription businesses succeed through improved customer experiences. ChurnZero helps Customer Success team spot potential churn risks early and see renewal and expansion opportunities faster. Its automation and personalization, in-app communications, and Customer Success AI™ support engagement with customers and lead them to value. The platform offers journeys, health scores, survey tools, segmentation, plays,…N/A
Totango
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Totango customer success software, now with Catalyst, helps enterprise businesses and cross-functional teams accelerate customer outcomes in productivity, retention, and expansion. Totango and Catalyst will become a unified product, following the merger in February 2024.N/A
Pricing
ChurnZeroTotango
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChurnZeroTotango
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsEach package gives teams a 360° customer account profile, customer health scoring, customer journey program templates (SuccessBLOCS), automated workflows (SuccessPlays), email campaigns, self-paced onboarding, and customer support.
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Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ChurnZero
9.8
Ratings
10% above category average
Totango
8.5
Ratings
5% below category average
Role-based user permissions9.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ChurnZero
9.7
Ratings
11% above category average
Totango
8.5
Ratings
2% below category average
API9.60 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com9.80 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Integration with Marketo00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customer Data Extraction / Integration
Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Product A and Product B
ChurnZero
9.8
Ratings
10% above category average
Totango
8.1
Ratings
9% below category average
Product usage9.60 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Help desk / support tickets9.90 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Customer Success Management
Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Product A and Product B
ChurnZero
9.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Totango
8.1
Ratings
7% below category average
NPS surveys9.90 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Sponsor tracking6.00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Customer profiles9.50 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Automated workflow9.70 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Internal collaboration9.80 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Customer health scoring9.70 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Customer segmentation9.70 Ratings8.70 Ratings
CSM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ChurnZero
9.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Totango
8.3
Ratings
4% below category average
Customer health trends9.70 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Engagement analytics9.60 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Revenue forecasting9.30 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Dashboards9.40 Ratings8.40 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CustomerSuccessBox
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Score 9.5 out of 10
CustomerSuccessBox
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Gainsight CS
Gainsight CS
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
ChurnZeroTotango
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
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9.1
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Likelihood to Renew
8.2
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7.3
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Usability
7.3
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8.6
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Availability
9.1
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9.9
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Performance
6.4
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8.8
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Support Rating
6.5
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7.7
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In-Person Training
6.4
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Online Training
7.3
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7.0
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Implementation Rating
8.3
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10.0
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Configurability
6.4
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8.2
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Ease of integration
7.3
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8.0
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Product Scalability
9.1
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9.8
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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8.0
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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8.0
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User Testimonials
ChurnZeroTotango
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are a SaaS business with a high volume of customers, having ChurnZero is a must. If you have a subscription based business and a customer success or account management function in your company, I would highly recommend ChurnZero.
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for a CSM it´s marvelous, you have in one window everything,the agenda for your day by day work, the workload you have in a day,all the customers database and call history added by tasks and toutch points, the to do thing in each customer you know what to do next, with renewal you hace an digital engadgement with customers inform they need to renew in order to keep using the app.
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Pros
  • Plays: Allows you to bulk send emails out to clients based on easy to make segments. Also, allows us to track success of a play. Previously, we had to work with our marketing team to send out any emails and it was an extremely bulky process that took far too long for the payout.
  • Segments: Better than any other CRM reporting functionality. Allows us to more accurately look at portions of our clients based on different factors that are extremely easy to use.
  • Health Scores: The customization allows us to really play around with different health scores as we figure out what good health across clients and services really look like.
  • Transparency: Allows me as a manager to see a much better comprehensive look at my team's performance.
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  • Totango easily integrates with other tools to pull information in one place.
  • Totango is extremely easy to configure how you want, including adding new attributes that are important to you, creating segments relevant to your business, and automating processes through SuccessPlays and Campaigns.
  • Totango Support is amazing! Very knowledgeable and prompt!
  • Totango provides so many resources for users, including tutorials, a knowledge base, and the new creator campus. It's awesome.
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Cons
  • More clarity around our usage (event) data - it can be difficult to understand all the terminology ChurnZero uses
  • Add more functionality for use cases of Operations teams - currently focused mainly on CSM usage
  • Ability to set defaults when viewing dashboards and command center - currently all choices reset
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  • Editing templates can be slow and confusing.
  • Building items across teams can be a challenge.
  • Reports and segments seem to be the same thing and it's a challenge telling people to build a segment when they are looking to build a report.
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Likelihood to Renew
Our team is very happy with the product after evaluating multiple vendors, including Gainsight, Totango and Planhat. We like the additional functionality that CZ offers on its enterprise version. We were strongly considering other products if the price was right and functionality worked, but the change management would have been too heavy and taken too long. The ChurnZero team has been a good partner to rely on and allowed us to free up our time and resources to focus on more pressing matters
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We like the tool enough to keep it in the long run. It does what we need it exactly to do, and I think there's still a lot for us to uncover in terms of its capabilities. There are a lot of functions we want to take the time to learn, but we've been strapped on resources so are just staying afloat.
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Usability
ChurnZero makes my work life a complete game changer. I say it all the time ChurnZero is a one stop shop for data! I don't fumble through numerous different programs, try to remember different passwords, I literally login to CZ and it is right there in front of me
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It is easy to use and understand, and simple to follow day to day. Logging notes and tasks is one of the key areas this is utilised along with tracking reports and accessing key data points for conversations with customers which is helpful. Mobile app helps too to access information on the go.
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Reliability and Availability
Quick response by the CZ team.
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Totango is available all the time . the only problem is that some times it takes time to load specially the records of the customers. The data loading inside the customer account is fast. It may be because of internet service but still it can i,prove a lot. i have seen other competitors software which is faster
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Performance
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At times the integration sync can be really slow when it comes to touchpoints. I can't say the same for customer health syncing, but I do tend to notice the lag from email syncing, and in those cases, I will need to refresh the Totango page a couple of times or wait a couple of extra seconds/minutes for it to show up.
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Support Rating
I recently had the opportunity to interact with ChurnZero's customer support team, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed. Their responsiveness and willingness to solve problems are exemplary. From the moment I reached out, their team displayed a level of professionalism and dedication that truly stood out.
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I give Totango a support rating of 10 because I can always get support whenever needed. If its a technical issue, I know I can email their support team for help. If it's a more in depth question with respect to our instance of Totango, I can reach out to our CSM and always get help in a very reasonable amount of time. I always look to Totango as the standard when I think of how to best communicate and support our own customers.
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Online Training
The training and onboarding have been very helpful. Since I was not a part of the team when ChurnZero was implemented, it was important to get brought up to speed as quickly as possible and our CSM has been incredibly receptive in that regard.
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Our CSM did a great job of conducting the training so we understand, at the very least, the functionality that is directly relevant to us. This also allowed us to train our own new team mates when onboarding based on the training flow that was first presented to us. This was also conducted as a interactive sessions, as training are notoriously known to be dry
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Implementation Rating
I implemented CZ in 4 months. When I look back, this is not a long time where I needed to get to know CZ by myself (as I did not have knowledge of it at all..) study the Academy, playing around in the test environment and setting up in live environment.
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Totango has been easy for our team to integrate most of our new features into, which is great considering we have to factor in the customers' usage of the new features into all of the health and usage metrics we have. It has taken a while to integrate our second product however, which is why I would rank this a 7.
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Alternatives Considered
We've used several products such as HubSpot, Asana, and Chameleon. ChurnZero gave us all of the features we were looking for including product usage, health scores, automations, journeys, in app walk-throughs and in app announcements. We were able to replace several platforms with ChurnZero and ended up with more functionality.
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I've implemented dozens of systems over the last 15 years and, I feel, Totango was by far the most challenging. I have a background in several areas, but the most applicable to Totango is my background in data management, systems administration, programming, web design, web dev. Totango was very challenging to set-up. Other systems have more intuitive UIs and onboarding. For anyone wanting to use Totango, don't. For those that are still not convinced, I would make sure you are game for a very long implementation and the ongoing maintenance of syncing/resyncing. If you are in charge of implementation, in my experience, this is a not a 'set it and forget it' type of platform. It does require someone who is highly technical to partner with your customer success team to make sure it is functioning properly.
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Scalability
Easy to escalate.
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Information keeps missing and changing in totango . Because of that there is are lot of problems with it. We need to manually keep the backup in an another file. More over if in case we take the backup its so hard to track since its all in numbers. Totango can be much better if the cloud storage is working fine. My company is planning to discontinue due to this factor
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Return on Investment
  • Already allowing us to do some data-clean up and better identify struggling accounts
  • Gives us the tools to re-teach our team on being proactive, not reactive
  • We can more easily identify accounts that are positioned well for cross sell
  • Over time, we hope to see higher renewal retention
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  • Definitely enables to improve overall client retention, our target is 97%, we're at 96%.
  • A significant contribution to our increasing client conversion from starter package to the subscribed client within the first 90 days or less.
  • ROI continues to increase with every new release from Totango, and it will ultimately become our primary source of truth for all customer data.
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ScreenShots

ChurnZero Screenshots

Screenshot of an overview of ChurnZero's customer success AI. It is used to automate content creation, turn scattered data into clear insights, and track customer sentiment. The tools offer deeper visibility, better engagement, and more time to focus on building lasting customer relationships.Screenshot of an overview of ChurnZero's customer insights, which provide a real-time, 360° view of every customer. These are used to track engagement, monitor health, and drive action without guesswork.Screenshot of an overview of how ChurnZero guides customers through key milestones, providing real-time visibility into their progress, and collaboration on personalized success strategies.Screenshot of how ChurnZero keeps customers informed and engaged. With in-app communications, WalkThroughs, and Success Centers, customer success agents can deliver targeted messages, guide users through key features, and provide on-demand resources—all without disrupting their workflow.Screenshot of how ChurnZero defines Data-driven automation = The right actions, for the right customers, at the right time. ChurnZero helps automate key touchpoints, jumpstart engagement with templates, and stay informed with instant updates.Screenshot of how ChurnZero helps to predict risks, seize opportunities, and drive revenue growth. ChurnZero provides real-time insights to identify at-risk accounts, track key trends, and forecast revenue with precision. This helps agents to proactively manage churn, uncover expansion opportunities, and make data-driven decisions that fuel long-term success.

Totango Screenshots

Screenshot of collaboration tools to manage a customer portfolioScreenshot of a 360° view of customer healthScreenshot of the dashboard to monitor customer metricsScreenshot of engaging in-app experiences and email campaigns to improve customer retentionScreenshot of integrated data in the Customer Data Hub